Creating Radiant Flowers in Colored Pencil: 64 step-by-step demos / 54 kinds of flowers

by Gary Greene

Master the Secret of Creating Spectacular Flowers in Colored Pencil When it comes to choosing a subject, flowers are a perennial favorite for artists because of their exciting variety and complexity of color, texture and details. It's amazing, then, that their vibrant natures can be captured so realistically with the simple and direct medium of colored pencil.

The secret is making the most of colored pencil's distinctive translucent properties with techniques such as layering, burnishing and underpainting. Gary Greene--along with six other respected colored pencil artists--shows you how in 64 step-by-step demonstrations. Arranged from azalea to zinnia for easy reference, these demonstrations detail the methods and specific colors for creating a variety of flowers,

anthurium OCo amaryllis OCo aster OCo begonia OCo bird of paradise OCo cactus flower OCo calla lily OCo camellia OCo carnation OCo chrysanthemum OCo cineraria OCo crocus OCo columbine OCo daffodil OCo dahlia OCo Easter cactus OCo foxglove OCo fuchsia OCo geranium OCo Gerbera daisy OCo gladiolus OCo hibiscus OCo hydrangea OCo hyacinth OCo iris OCo lily OCo lupine OCo magnolia OCo marigold OCo nasturtium OCo passion flower OCo peony OCo petunia OCo poinsettia OCo poppy OCo primrose OCo rhododendron OCo slipperwort OCo snapdragon OCo sunflower OCo trillium OCo tulip OCo water lily

Complete with advice on the best tools and reference materials, this unique guide helps you capture the beauty of flowers in colored pencil."

Genres: Nonfiction, Drawing, Art

128 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 27, 2012

Reviews

[Ireland Durante · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book very difficult to follow the steps and it seemed to have different authors. I tried three, sunflower, Easter cactus and marigold. The author uses prismacolor and Pablo. I do not own Pablo. Out of the three I only found the color combination of the marigold to be accurate. I borrowed it from the library.

[Artù · Rating 4 out of 5]

Libro interessante.
Presenta come consueto i materiali, poi le 3 tecniche base con le matite colorate ossia il layering, bunrishing ed underpainting.
Gli esercizi proposti sono interessanti, anche se spiega come colorare con le matite colorate ma non come disegnare il contorno di un fiore, per questo sono necessari altri manuali.

[Callen Lee Woolson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read full of knowledge

I got a lot of good information from this book and the tips I'll use in the future in my own art are great. Recommend to anyone to better their craft.